Willys-Knight automobile at Longmire Lodge, 1919
Willys-Knight automobile at Longmire Lodge, 1919
In 1918, nineteen years after the creation of Mount Rainier National Park, the park service built a new hotel at Longmire Springs. The area had been popular with tourists since 1890, when James Longmire cut a rough wagon trail through the dense forest to the hot springs. This was the third hotel at the site.
In this 1919 photo, a Willys-Knight automobile sits on the muddy road outside the new Longmire Springs Hotel. The hotel’s sign advertises rooms with private bathrooms. The number of tourists visiting the park greatly increased as the roads were improved for year round automobile traffic. Eagle Peak rises in the background.
Photographer: Webster & Stevens
Image Date: 1919
Image Number: 1983.10.12261
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Pike Place Market, Seattle, ca. 1919
This view looking north on Pike Place along the Corner Market building shows bustling activity and traffic. The old Armory building that was demolished in the 1960s can be seen in the distance on the west side of the street.
Photographer: Webster & Stevens
Image Date: ca. 1919
Image Number: 1983.10.1659.6
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Bull on Dock Near Ship, Probably in Seattle, ca. 1919
A small evaporated milk company which opened in Kent in 1899 grew to become the nationally known Carnation Company. Canned milk had a small market at first, but was soon accepted by hungry babies and gold-rush miners alike. By 1926, the company had six Seattle-area dairies and six local evaporated milk plants, plus 24 evaporated milk plants elsewhere in the country. This publicity photo for the Carnation Co. shows a bull near a ship that presumably transported their products to faraway places.
Handwritten on Sleeve: Carnation Milk Co.
Photographer: Webster & Stevens
Date: ca. 1919
Image Number: 1983.10.2436.2
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